Circle in Square Pillow

Hello Friends...

Some of you may remember awhile back I had started this pretty little pillow project: http://moderngracedesign.blogspot.com/2011/05/new-life-to-old-project.html.  Well, I finally finished it the other week, and was waiting for sunny weather to take some pictures.  The weather never seems to cooperate when I need to do a 'photo shoot'!

I made an envelope cushion cover out of some old drapes and hand stitched the crochet front to the front of the cushion.  This was my first time sewing a cushion cover from scratch...I must say, it was super easy, and I was quite pleased with the results.

To finish off, I did a simple little shell stitch along the edging.  On the back, I added a cute slip and chain stitch to create a frilly little delicate edging. What do you think?

 

More Flowers Around the New Garden

Hello Friends...

There are all sorts of pretty little flowers popping up around my new garden...it's so exciting to go exploring each week and to find something new.  I'm not a great gardener, however, I do know a thing or two from over the years.  One thing I'm not really good at is identifying all the different sorts of flowers and plants.  Here are the latest...any ideas as to what they are, I'd love the comments!

These red ones I find to be so pretty...at first I thought they were some kind of a weed as they were growing over the last couple of weeks, but then I thought better of just pulling them up, just in case.  They look like some sort of a perennial, as they seem to be multiplying on their own.

These pink ones are so interesting...they smell like grapefruit to me.

I also have these in white...I think they are some sort of common perennial.